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man and rSB S??TSB WATOHKAX. Established April. 1SSO. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's thy God s and Truth's TH2S TRUE SOUTHEON, Eit?v>H*hed Jane, 2 SS Cosolid&ted Aug. ?, 1881. SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1904. New Series-Vol. XXIII. So. 51 SubUsbsd Sra?? Wednesday, --BT . SUMTER, S. .CV TJSBXS : per tenaos-io sdva&ae. iOTISfUlII Kf : v-r.e Sqnare first iasert?oa.........^..$1 CO . IVsry subsequent iosertioa....... ........J ; 5Q - Go a tracts for three months, or longer wili Cfc or de j?t reduced rates. . AH coaj?oaaication8 which: subserve private ;st?re*t3 wil! be cha rged for as adveriieaaeota. Obituaries and tributes of respects wi] J be -ihargpd for. IMS JU PERILOUS Sl???lM IfefBe Japaosse ?ns?es Orowfo te Frei .Two Bastions. Ses. Karokr May Succeed in; Cut? ting Off Sen. K?ifopatki.Vs Re? treat to Mukden. Report Of Japanese Disaster at Port Ar? thur Still Unconfirmed. But as lt Has not been Denied From Tokio therr ls a Possibility of fis Truth. ----- . St Petersburg, July 12.-A dispatch from a Russian correspondent at Muk? den dated July 12 says : According to intelligence received i&er? the Japanese last night attacked positions near Port Arthur and were repulsed with enormous losses, caused by Russian minea" One estimate places them at 30,000. London, july 12-The?. Morning Post's Shanghai correspondent says that the Japanese casualties- by land mines at Port Arthur Sunday night are rumored to be 25,000, but - none pf the many other war special dispatches mention a Japanese disaster "at Port Arthur. RUSSIAN BARONETS EFFECTIVE. Liedt Gen. Count Keller's Head .?pactebs%^3 the Mountains, West cf. Boi Yan, July 8, via Liao Yang^Jaiy^ 32.-The recent reconaoissance in force beyond.'Hoi Yan was.carried out with swiftness and. d?cision? The Eussi ans twice caught tho Japanese napping and demonstrated the effectiveness of Russian, bayonets? once the troops got to close quartzes. Coun t feilt* personally accompanied the force to Bcd Yan and ?rom there sent Ci>L Garnevsi witt three com? panies to the right towards Tena Kamen Sea, and Coi. Letschitsky, with two battalions in the direction of Takalinze. Coi." Garnetsi's column arrived at the Japanese camp at midnight July 4* A Japanese picket was surprised and wiped out after fighting bravely, one Japanese killing a Russian of?cer in a a* ord dueL The Russians without pausing, swept ink, the. camp, carrying the half awakened Japanese over tba brow of the hill at the point of the bayonet. The few who escaped carried. the news as the result ol which on toe next day the Japanese brought np two regiments and forced a Hessian retreat. Col. Letschitsky had a very similar experience. Be caught the Japanese camp asleep at 2 o'clock in the morn? ing and carried it at tho point of the bayonet after terrible slaughter and without firing a shot .\ The Russians lost heavily on the re? treat nest day, bot the recen no issanee was successful as it developed the strength and location of the Japanese forces. Col. Letschitsky 's force marched over 16 miles in a single' night carry? ing the wounded back over the moun? tain road. Count Keller is holding tho gate? way to Lino Yang. TO EVACUATE NEW CHWAHG. | St Petersburg, July 12.-Col Novit .sky of the general staff in an interview today said : "The result of the loss of Kai Chou will probably be the evacuation of New Gb wang. Gen. Kcropatkin's position is more difficult than that which confronted Lord Roberts in South Africa. It is as if Lord Loberts received his sup? plies by rail via Constantinople, Cairo and Central Africa. It will be a long time before Gen. Kuropatkin will have enough supplies and men to assume the offensive. . In the meantime he will have to fight rear guard actions, perhaps giving up important positions, like New Chwasg, which are of vastly more consequence than Kai Chou. ' * SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. St Petersburg, July 13, 3. 14 a. m. -The Japuese advance io Ta Tche Kiao is shrouded in mystery. No tele? grams have been received by the gen? eral staff of the admiralty since Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff's dispatch of July 10, with the exception of a report from Gen. Kuropatkin covering the events detailed by Gen. Sakharoff, which was delayed because it had followed the emperor on his journey to the Volga region. There is some anxiety here regard? ing the report that the cruiser A skold has been damaged and it is noticed that she was not mentioned in the list of warships constituting the squadron on its fast appearance. BRITIISH STEAMERS SEARCHED. Perim, S tari ts of Bab-El-Mandeb, July 12.-The British steamer Men laus, from the Clyde for Shanghai, which arrived here tonight reports1 that she and the British steamer j Crewehall, from the Clyde, for RUT- \ rachee, were stopped on Jnne ll in the I Red Sea south of Jedda by the Rus ' sian volunteer fleet steamer St Peters? burg, which carried eight guns and a large crew. Both steamers were boarded and all their papers and manifests overhauled. The vessels were detained four hours after which the St. Petersburg steam? ed off to the northward. THE RESULT NOT KNOWN. I Tokio, Julyl 2.-Admiral Togo re? ports that at midnight, July ll, torpe? do boats approached the boom which blocks the entrance to Port Arthur harbor and attacked the guard ship Diana with torpedoes. The result has j not been ascertained. The Japanese ' boats returned undamaged. -- FOUGHT SMALL. BATTLES. Tokio, Julyi;''12.- The Japanese, Takushan army 'is moving northwest ] from Sin Yen. It ionght a series of1 small battles with the Russians on July 9 and 10. The army is divided into two columns which advanced against the Russians: In the fights of July 8 and 9 the Japanese lost abouts 150 men. The Russian, losses are believed to have been heavier than the ?Japanese. London, July 1^4.-The special dis? patches from correspondents at the seat of war, published in this morn? ing's London newspapers, do not give any confirmation of the sensational reports of Japanese losses at Port Ar thur^;.. THE STORY FROM MUKDEN. St. Petersburg, July 13?-A special dispatch received from Mukden to? night, dated July 12, repeats the story of a Japanese repulse at Port Arthur with the loss of 30,000. The dispatch says: **News bas been received from re? liable sources that the Japanese Third army on the night of July ll attacked Port Arthur and was heavily defeat? ed, an immense number being killed by Russian mines. The total lose is about 30,000. There was great interest throughout St. Petersburg all this evening for further details of the reported disas? ter. It has developed that the official report which was at first supposed to emanate directly from Viceroy Alex ieff was not specifically fathered by him, . but was given out as a report reaching his headquarters from "Japanese sources." What these sources are has not yet been explained. Possibly the report was intercepted by wireless telegraphy, but it is more likely that it came from the Russian consul at Tien Tsin. London, July M.- There is publish? ed this morning a rumor that Port Arthur has failed, but it is discredit? ed and lacks confirmation of any sort. CbegFoo, July 14, 8 a. m.-Private advices just received from New Ch wang indicate that the long expected battle between Kai Chou and Ta Tcbe Kiao is now in progress. St. Petersburg, july 13, 5.35 p. m.-This city was thrown into a fever of excitement this afternoon by the news that the Japan se had failed in an assault on the fortress of Port Ar? thur on Sunday night, having been repulsed with a loss said to have reached 30,000. The orginai report reached St. Pe? tersburg last night in the forai of a newspaper dispatch from Mukden and .was received with incredulity, but at about noon -when -Viceroy Alexei ff offi? cially' telegraphed the news to the gen? eral staff, it created a tremendous im? pression. It was immediately trans? mitted to The Official Messenger and a few minutes afterwards the news? boys we.-e racing through the .streets, electrifying the crowds with the news. The boys were^ fairly mobbed by people^eager to buy the extras. The members of the general staff do not offer explanations of what Admi? ral Alexieff means by "Japanese sources, "w but they declare that the viceroy would, not have offi ci ii y re? ported such important news, unless it had reached him from sources entirely worthy of credence. At the same time they say the report should be accepted with reserve,. pending the receipt of more definite advices. In support of the report, - however, they point out that the date coincides with the second attempt of Admiral Togo's torpdeo boat destroyers to creep into the harbor. The Japanese have not yet attacked Ta Tche Kiao. A dispatch from Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff describes a series of skirmishes east of Kai Chou. The troops belonging to Gen. Kuroki's army are meeting with resis? tance at every step from the Russian rear guard along the Sin Yen road. The; mobilization of two or more army corps is expected shortly. JAP PERSISTENTLY ADVANCE. St. Petersburg, July 13.-The gen? eral staff bas received a dispatch from Gen. Sakharoff, dated July 12, report? ing that the Japanese July 10 com? menced to construct field works on the heights between the railroad line and the road from Kai-Chou to Ta Tche Kiao. Japaneseo uotposts were observed July ll between Madlinkau and San gai8ha and skirmishing occurred July ll between the advance guarnds near the village of Siaf Dian Tsia. The Japanese retired when the Russians were reinforced. A Japanese detachment of one battal? ion rf infantry and three??squadrons of cavalry was discovered about eight miles northeast of Kai-Ch io, their outposts extending along the valley of the Pan-Tak from Yu-Dia-Tien, about nine miles east of Kia-Cbou, so far as Pan-Sh i-Putze, about foujL miles south of Cbi-Dia-Kau. ' ?~Gea. Sakharoff also reports that the Japanese ?.re throwing np earthworks on the hes hts on both sides of Kheion. A Japanese force is encamped on the road bewein Si Mon Cheng and Feng Wang Cheng and its advance guard has occupied the valley.of the Saukhe river. Geo. Si.-kharorT adds that number of outposts engagements have taken place in different directions with trifl ing losses on both sides and indicat? ing the persistent advance of the Jap? anese. B'i says there is no change in the position .in the direction of Ta Pass or H ai-Cheng. Bands o : Chinese bandits are active in tbe neighborhood of Liao Yang. The Russian sentinels exchanged shots with them. THE HEIGHTS STORMED. Lnodon, July 14.-The Tojkio cor? respondent of The Daily Telegraph sends offical dispatches giving the progress of the Taknshan army up to July ll, on which date the heights south of Sejkisaiyau were stormed and taken after a stubborn resistance. The Russians, the dispatches say i have retired fromf Senkiavan where they had strongly fortified positions. .,-.?.. * . - .. - , Tokio. Juy 14.-It is officially re? ported this morning that Yin Kow bas been occupied by the Japanese. The capture of this important position was a bloodleFS victory - as the Russians offered no resistance. St. Petersburg, July 14, 6.50 p. m. A telegram from Lieut. Gen. Sakba roff, reviewing the situation yester? day, notos the continued Japanese advance on Ta Tche Kiao and con? tinuous lighting along the Sin Yen roads, converging on Tang-Che, 10 miles southeast of To Tche Kiao. The Kassian outposts apparently were not offering serious resistance on either of the Sin Yen roads or along the line of Gen. Oku's advance. There miy be a slight collision at Tang Chi, where Gen. Kuropatkin probably has stationed his left wing rear guard. The Japanese are utiliz? ing Kal Chou to land supplies. Gen. SukbarofT also reports the ap? pearance of Gen. Kuroki's outposts considerably south of Liao Yang. This is an indication of .a general flanking movement; on Hai Cheng. The Ja panese northern outposts are falling blick on *Saimatsza, probably due to pressure on the part of Gen. Renenkaiapff. RUSSIANS STTILL HOPEFUL. St. Petersburg, .July 15, 2.15 a. m. -The people of St. Petersburg retired last night in a happy frame of mind. The absence of a dispatch from Lieut. Gen. Stcessel, commander of the mil? ltiary forces at Port Arthur, regarding the reported disaster to the Japanese last Sunday night is generally attri? buted to the delay in. communicating official news, owing to the absence of I the emperor. Privato dispatches received in St Petersburg from Russian sources in I the far cast confirm the reports from i Mukden and Chefoo. According to a ! usually reliable source; the Japanese I losses were 2.800 and the Russian losses l,i$00. i The ci ty remains in a ferment of ex? citement and extras are eagerly bought up in th 3 hope of finding the long ex? pected dispatch from Gen. S to esse I. It was o ily late tonight that a dis? patch arrived which, had it become generally known, would have tended somewhat to dampen the ?nthtsiasm. This wits a dispatch from Ta Tche Kiao, communicating an undated dis? patch from Port Arthur, received July 13. lt did not mention the assault or the reprise, but it is quite possible that the dispatch was sent from Port Arthur earlier than July 10 so that it cannot be fairly regarded as contradic? tory evidence. It-is quite certain up to'this date that there is no disposition in any quarter in St. Petersburg to question the train of the news. There is a general conviction that if ' Viceroy Alexiefi ! decided to communicate the report lo the general staff, it must be true. The Associated Press learns that the war office had some hesitation in giv? ing out the dispatch, owing to its am? biguous wording. It is contrary to the eastern of the war office to publish statements made with such reserve as Viceroy Alexieff thought fit to adopt. There is now good reason to believe that the report of a Japanese disaster before Port Arthur came from the Russia a consul at Chefoo. Arrangements have almost been completed for the transmission of wirelefts reports between the Liao Ti shan promontory/south of Port Ar? thur and Chefoo, whereby St. Peters? burg will be advised daily of the prog? ress of events at Port Arthur. As heretofore pointed out in these dis? patches, the authorities. here do not regard this as a violation of China's neutrality. RECE VED FROM PORT ARTHUR. Ta Tche Kiao, July 13.-(Delayed in transmission. )-The following was received from Port Arthur today. "There is no change in the position of ?ff fri rs. "Fresh provisions arrive daily. "There are constant skirmishes in whicr the enemy suffer the most losses. "We have no wounded or seriously ill. "Oa the surrounding hills the Chi? nese are constantly heliographing. "The Japanese have issued orders that instead of attempting to make prioners of the Russians they are to be shot." Tba foregoing is probably the un? dated dispatch sent from Port Arthur to Tfk Tche Kiao and from there to St. Petersburg referred to in the Asso? ciated Press dispatch from the latter place reviewing the situation. It will be noted that there is no direct com? munication between Ta Tche Kioa and Port Arthur and there is no ex? planation as to how the message was | sent, TOOK SOME PRISONERS. Chefoo, July 14.-A report bas been received that the China Mining and Engineer companys steamer Hai Ping, from Shanghai, July 8, was captured by,the Japanese ten miles noTth of Chefoo this morning, loaded with contraband of war. JAPANESE REPULSED. London, July 14.-The Yin Kow cor respond?nt of The Daily Chronicle asserts that a battle occured north of Kai Chou July 12, when the Japanese were repulsed with great loss. LOOK OUT FOR TROUBLE. Tokio, July l?, noon.-Two warships and four torpedo boats belonging to the Russian Vladivostok squadron were seen off the island of Yezo Wednesday morning. ' Paris', July 15.-It' is officially re? ported that Gen. Kuroki is now marching on Liao Yang in three divis? ions and the Russian forces are pre? paring to retreat before him. ^-mn > . * > mmm Royal Entertainment for Templers. San Francisco, Cal., July J5. Though the 29th triennial conclave of the Knights Templars is more than a month off, the plans for ,he reception and entertainment of the thousands of visitors who will be here at that time are already nearing completion. Advices received by the local commit? tees indicate that the gathering will be one of record-breaking proportions. For three years the executive commit? tee has been busy planning for the conclave, and the plans, which have now matured, promise a more elabor? ate entertainment than any ever given by any community. - There will ba only one day of the convention set aside for business, the ?lection of officers and competitive drills. The rest of the time will be spenfc in the pursuit of pleasure. The California Knights and Masons have spared neither money nor time in the preparations for the event. The illu? minations alone, which will form a canopy of electric lights over Market street for ten blocks, will cost in the neighborhood of $80,000. Ocean liners have been chartered and the visiting Knights will be taken on excursions to different points of interest. The Grand Opera House, with its immense seating capacity, has been hired for the week. An elaborate Chinese play, with Chinese actors, will be put os, and the theatre will be turned over to the Knights and their families, from whom no charge for admission will be accepted. The competitive drills will be held at Goldejp (Sate Bark. The executive committee ""hajj made so liberal an ap? propriation for prizes tfaafc each com? peting drills corps will receive one prize, and the value of the last prize will be not less than $1,000. One of the most notable features of the conclave will be the official visit and the reception, with the highest honors, of the most' eminent and su? preme grand master of the Great Priory of England and Wales-the Earl of Euston, who will come here as the personal representative of the King of England. The earl will be accompanied by a party of distinguish? ed Englishmen, including Charles F. Matler, the great vice chancellor, and Charles E. L. Wright, past great pre? late. Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thes*e pills change weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain? fag into mental power. They're wonder? ful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by J. F. W. DeLonne. The gentlemen who are running for railroad commissioners are welcome to Spartanburg. The railroad commis? sion is an impotent *?d useless body and so far as the intents of the peo? ple ?re concerned it does not matter who is elected. The choice therefore is merely personal, and they all seem tn be good fellows.-Spartanburg Journal. No Pity Shown. "For years fate was after me contin? uously" writes F. A. Gulledge, Verbena, Ala. UI had a terrible ca^e of Pi es causing 24 tumors. When all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for Bums and all aches and pains. Only 25c at J. F. W. DeLorme'd Drug Store. Like the traditiona Englishman, Ar ; thur Stanley, dean of Westminster, wore home from his first visit to America an expression of amazement which only time could efface. He was at once beset by interviewers, who asked the usual questions. "Whatwas the thing which most impressed youin America?" as one of these. Without a moment's hesitation Dean Stanley replied: "Myown ignorance." Safeguard the Children. Notwithstanding all that is done by boards of health and charitably inclined persons, the death rate among small chil? dren is very high during the hot weather of the summer in the large cities. There is not probably one case of bowel com? plaint in a hundred, however, tnat could not be cured by the timely use of Cham? berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by China's Djug S to e. As a result of conferences with Hoi ry county promoters Commissioner of Immigration Watson will go to that county in a few days and make arrangements for a colony. It is ex? pected that about 60,000 acres can be obtained for colonization purposes in that section. _ CASTORIA For Infants and Children. lite Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the rf ,yJf?+-# Signature of l*??AC7^&?c?U/2? OB. SHIEL L?NDER GOES TO HIS REWARD. Death of Venerable President of Williamson College. BELOVED TEACHER ANO 600D MAN. Full of Years and Good Works He is Gathered to His Fathers. Special to The State. . WilliamstoDj Joly 14.-Never in the history ft our town has the death of any one caused such universal sorrow as pervades the hearts of our people this morning over the death of Dr. Samuel Lander, the beloved president of Williamston" Female college. Sur? rounded by his entire family, with the exception of bis son, Dr. John M. Lander, who is en route for his mission field in Brazil, the end came quietly and peacefully at 1.30 this morning, and as calmly as a child falling to sleep in its mother's arms the life of this grand man came to a close. Although it had been known for some time that his condition was crit? ical, no one was willing to reconcile himself to tho fact that we must give him up. For 31 years Dr. Lander has been actively engaged as president of Williamston Female college "and his blessed influence is felt, not only here in Williamston where we all delighted to love and honor him : but in the hearts and lives of hundreds of women throughout the south,,whose- good for? tune it was- to be brought under the saving influence of this pure Chris tian gentleman and born, teacher of young women. Here in failliamston Female college he has left the impress of a Christian character upon hun? dreds of girls who have gone * out ino ! the world to perpetuate his influence j and bless his memory,-and here in! society his godly life has been one of the grandest and most eloquent ser? mons that has ever been preached from any pulpit, and although the sermon is now c?csed, its influence will live I perpetually. j Tomorrow at ll o'clock the funeral services will be held in the Methodist church of Williamston, if ter which 1 the remains will be laid to rest in our cty cemetary. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. * Samuel Lander Was born in Lincoln-. ton, ?. C, January 30, 1833. The South ; Carolina conference convened in Lin I cointon the day of his birth. His par ! en ts, ?Rev. Samuel Lander (a local preacher licensed in this country] and Eliza Ann Lander^ were natives of Ireland. His mother was a descendant of the Palatinate colony which was driven from the Khine provinces by Catholics and took refuge in Ballin grane, Ireland-the birth place of Bar? bara Heck. Reared in a pious home, he was converted arid joined the Methodist church in early youth. As child, boy and man he has lived a pure and upright life. He wa educated at the Lincolnton academy and Eandolph-Macon college, Virginia. I?e was graduated with first honor from the latter institution June 10, 1852. He went to work at once as a civil engineer, the mean while^studying law, but in a few years he began teaching first in Catawba college, North Caro? lina, then successively in Olin, N. C., Randolph-Macon college, Virginia, Greensboro Female college and High Pont Female seminary, North Caroli? na, All these years he was perplex? ed by a call to preach. He decided his duty, yielded to the call, and was licensed as a local preacher March 30, 1861, still continueing to teach. During the war he prepared and published several text books at the request of the educational board of North Carolina. Among these was "A Verbal Primer," the first book published to teach reading without first learning the alphabet-the plan now in general use. * Feeling it his duty to enter the. traveling connection, he applied to the South Carolina annual conference and was received on trial, November, 1864. His appointments have beeu : 1865, Lincolnton Female seminary : 1S66-67, Lincolntou 1868-69-70?; president of Davenport Female college, Lenoir, N. C. : 1871, . Spartanburg Female col hge; 1872, Wiliamston circuit. Ii was distinctly understood by the church auuthoritis that he would supplement his salary on this charge by teaching. Therefore, on reachinfg his field, after full conference with his presid? ing elder, Rev. E. P. Franks, he leased the old hotel building and on February 12, 1872, opened the Wil liamston Female college. lu 1873 he was appointed by the conference president of this institution, and he has been reappointed every succeeding year. In 1877-78-79 he served Wil liaraston station and in 1885 and 1898 he had charge of Williamston circuit in addition to his work at the college. In all he has ; been fithful, efficient and successful. He wasa born teacher, especially of girls. In 1878 Trinity College, N. C., conferred upon him the degreo of doc? tor of divinity. He was a delegate to the general conferences cf 1S90 and 1894. On Dec. 20, 1353, he married Miss Laura Ann McPherson, daughter of the late Angus McPherson, of the South Carolina conference. Eleven children were born to them; Lily, who died in infancy : Mattie L.Prince, wife of Geo. %. Prince: ^Rev. John M., now in Brazil ; Willim Tertius ; Angus M., Kath len L. ^Wilson, wife of Rev. John L. Wilson; Malcolm M., Dr. Frank M., Christie, w!bo died at the age of six years; and Ernest M. Lander. Five of these sons have graduated at Wofford college. Hunt's Round Pointed Pens for sale at Osteen's BooK Store. WRECK ??i ILLINOIS COSTS 20 LIVES. Picnic Train at 40 Miles an Hour Runs into Freight-Misplaced Switch the Cause. Chicago, July J3.-Twenty persons were killed and about 25 injured to? night in a collision on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad at Glen? wood, Ills., 23 miles south of Chi? cago. The collision occurred between a picnic train from Chicago, which was returning from Momence, Ills., and a freight train, into the rear end of which the excursion train dashed at high speed. The picnic train was com? ing north and the freight train was on the southbound track. A "dsplacerl switch threw the picnic train over on the southbound.traoj^.and before the enginer could apply the brakes jt ran at 40 mles an hour into the rear sf the freight. The locomotive, the baggage car and the first co?ch of the picnic train were demolished, ?nd all. of the killed ajd injured were on the loco? motive and in the two cars. The picnic was the annual outing cf the members of Doremus. After spending the day on the picnic grounds at Momence, the train load started on the return trip, running in as the second section of the regular passen? ger train, which is due in Chicago at 8.35 p. m. * - When^tfae picnic train reached Chic? ago Heights*four miles beyond Glen-, wood, where the accident took place, it was switched to the regular south? bound track and although it was*com ing north, it was given a clear track by the operator at Chicago Heights until it should reach Glenwood, four miles away. The train, after leaving Chicago Heights, gradually increased its speed and when half the distance between the two stations it was jump? ing along at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Just half way between Chicago Heights and Glenwood there is a sharp curve. As the picnic train tere around this on the southbound track, a freight traine was backing from the southbound track to the northbound track. It was partly on both track* and no train could have passed it in either direction. The bend is sharp that the engineer of the picnic \ train did not see tb freightjuntil he was almost on it It was too late to do anything but to set the brakes, but before they f could take effect the passenger train smaehed into the freight at full speed. The locomotive and the baggage car of the pasenger train went through the freight and were piled up in a heap of wreckage. O. B. Davis. Asks the readers of this newspaper who axe suffering with indigestion or dyspepsia to call on him at o:a ce and get a bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. If you knew the value of this remedy as we know it you would not suffer another day, Kodbi Dyspepsia Cure is a thorough digestant and tissue building tonic as well. It is endorsed personally by hundreds of peo? ple whom it has cured of indigestion, dyspepsia, palp tntion of the heart pud stomach troubles generally. Koeol Dys? pepsia Cure digests, what you eat. Ix is pleasant, palatable and strengthening. A Case of It Many More Like It In. Sumter, The following oa.se is but one of many simi? lar occurring daily in Suitor. It is an easy matter to verify its correctness. Surely you cannot ask for better proof than such a con? clusive evidence. Elias Hudgins, gardener and farmer, "well known in Sumter and vicinity; says: "I suf? fered for eiirht or ten years from lumbago in my back sO bad that I could not get out of bed at times. There was no strength in ray back and it ached constantly. When 1 mov? ed around a kin* would strike me right across the small of ruy back just like someone sticking a knife into it. The secretions ?rom the kidneys were dark colored smelled strong and contained a sediment besides causing rue to get up several times during the night. I could not begin to tell you the number of remedies I used bat nothing did me much good until I procured Poan's Kidney Pills at Dr. A. J. China's drug store. The first few doses helped me and since taking the pill? 1 have not had any trouble with my kidneys and the pains disappeared from mv back Von are welcome to the usc of my name as one who can endorse what is ?iaimed for this remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.. sole agents for the United States. liemember the name-Dean's-and take no substitute 14 WeaK Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indiges? tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases o? heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi? gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action of the heart, and in the course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. Kauble. of Nevada, O., says : I had stomach trouble and was In a bad stat? as 1 had heart trouble with it. 1 took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four months and it cured me. Kodol Digests What You Eat and relieves the stomach of all nervous strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottles only. $ 1.00 Size holding 2JA times the triai size, which sells for 50c Prepared by E. C. DeWiTT ? CO., CHICAGO* For sale by Olin B. Davis.